Edward R. Murrow

"To change the world, we must first change ourselves."

"Patience is not the absence of action, but timing it right."

"The pursuit of happiness is a worthy goal for all people."

"We must be willing to defend the rights of those we most disagree with."

"A moment of patience is worth a pound of gold."

"The measure of a person is not how they rise after a fall, but whether they rise at all."

"In truth there is strength that tyranny can never overcome."

"A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves."

"The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer."

"To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful."

"Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts."

"We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty."

"The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."

"A broadcaster should be free to air what he believes."

"Intelligence is not all that matters; character counts for more."

"Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't make what you're saying the truth."

"The responsibility of a free press is proportionate to its power."

"Cassius was right. Brutus is an honorable man."

"We are currently organized to be lied to."

"To remain silent is to be complicit."

"A free press is essential to a free people."

"History will be the judge of our conduct."

"Fear is a weapon of mass destruction."

"Good night, and good luck."

"We are living in a time of moral disarray."

"One cannot cover a war well unless one can see it firsthand."

"The only thing that walks back from the tomb with the mourners and refuses to be buried is the character of a man."

"In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story."

"A reporter is always working."

"We bought our way into this mess, and we can buy our way out."